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The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks during a service at Charity Missionary Baptist Church in the wake of the death of Walter Scott, the black driver who was fatally shot by a white police officer after he fled a traffic stop, Sunday, April 12, 2015, in North Charleston, S.C. The officer, Michael Thomas Slager, has been fired and charged withmurder.

By Phillip Lucas, Associated Press

Sunday, April 12, 2015 | 1:19 p.m.

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. The Rev. Al Sharpton thanked the mayor and police chief in North Charleston, S.C., for their response to the fatal shooting of Walter Scott during a sermon Sunday morning at a local church.

Sharpton appeared at Charity Missionary Baptist Church, where mayor Keith Summey and Police Chief Eddie Driggers were among those in the congregation.

Scott, 50, was fatally shot after fleeing a traffic stop on April 4. Former officer Michael Slager initially said Scott was shot after a tussle over his Taser, but witness video later surfaced showing Scott being shot as he ran away. Slager was fired and has been charged with murder.

Scott's death was criticized as another police shooting of an unarmed black man by a white officer under questionable circumstances. In Sharpton's commendation of the city's response, he said the mayor and police chief's swift action could set the tone for handling future questions of police misconduct across the country.

Despite the city's response and Sharpton's praise, there's still a lingering sense of skepticism about whether Scott's death would have been thoroughly investigated without the witness video.

"The mayor and the chief, they did what they had to do because none of us are blind," Keith White, 60, of North Charleston, said before the church service. "Everyone saw the video and they did what they were forced to do once that video became public."

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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- The Rev. Al Sharpton thanked the mayor and police chief in North Charleston on Sunday for their response to the fatal shooting of Walter Scott.

Sharpton gave the sermon at Charity Missionary Baptist Church, where Mayor Keith Summey and Police Chief Eddie Driggers were among those in the congregation. Later, he led a vigil for a small crowd in the grassy, fenced-in area where Scott, 50, was fatally shot after fleeing a traffic stop April 4.

Scott's death was criticized as another police shooting of an unarmed black man by a white officer under questionable circumstances. In Sharpton's commendation of the city's response, he said the mayor and police chief's swift action could set the tone for handling future questions of police misconduct across the country.

Despite the city's response and Sharpton's praise, there's still a lingering sense of skepticism about whether Scott's death would have been thoroughly investigated without the witness video.

"The mayor and the chief, they did what they had to do because none of us are blind," Keith White, 60, of North Charleston, said before the church service. "Everyone saw the video and they did what they were forced to do once that video became public."

The response by city officials and the local community hasn't been similar to that of Ferguson, Missouri, where protests after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown and a grand jury's decision not to indict the officer who shot him turned violent and exposed striking social rifts between black and white residents in the area.

Some North Charleston residents have said they suspect abuse of power and public trust among law enforcement as issues that may have played a more pivotal role than race in Scott's death.

"It's not about the color of your skin, it's about social justice. When we all practice social justice we're all free," said Mattese Lecque, a North Charleston resident who heard Sharpton preach Sunday. "Sometimes it takes disaster to bring about change, and that's what's happening now."

Before concluding his sermon, Sharpton mentioned that South Carolina is an important state in the upcoming presidential race. He charged the congregation with pressing candidates about their stances on community policing.

"Don't let anybody run for president and come through South Carolina without addressing what they would do as president of the United States about police accountability," Sharpton said.

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The Rev. Al Sharpton addresses the congregation during services on Sunday at Charity Missionary Baptist Church in North Charleston. PAUL ZOELLER/STAFF

In front of a somber mayor and a sheriff who later asked for salvation, the Rev. Al Sharpton said during a Sunday morning sermon in North Charleston that the city could set a new tone for American policing.

Sharpton, founder of the National Action Network, appeared at Charity Missionary Baptist Church during a healing service for 50-year-old Walter L. Scott, an unarmed black man whose killing by a white North Charleston police officer was caught on video a little more than a week ago.

The service portrayed how community activists, from local ones to Sharpton in New York City, reacted to Scotts death and, in some cases, ultimately played a role in the arrest of the man who shot him.

It also came on a day when Malik Shabazz, a lead organizer of protests in Ferguson, Mo., who once led the New Black Panther Party, announced a mass demonstration at 5 p.m. Monday outside City Hall and vowed to take the struggle against police brutality to a whole new level.

During Sharptons sermon, Mayor Keith Summey and Police Chief Eddie Driggers sat near the front of the sanctuary and listened to the civil rights activist rail against police misconduct in the U.S. and refer to North Charlestons past as one pockmarked with social injustices. Two protesters stood outside the church on East Montague Avenue and carried signs about police abuses.

But Sharpton spoke passionately as he praised the city leaders for promptly firing Patrolman 1st Class Michael T. Slager when the video surfaced and for announcing the officers arrest on a murder charge. That set North Charleston apart from places like Ferguson and New York City, where 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and Eric Garner was choked to death by police officers who were not criminally faulted, Sharpton said.

When hes wrong ... we protest, he said of mayors like Summey. When hes right, we should have the same courage to say hes right.

Summey has been distraught and disappointed since he watched the video, he later said, but the service gave him some peace.

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